The quantitation of how much time constitutes short and recent varies by disease and by context, but the core denotation of acute is always qualitatively in contrast with chronic, which denotes long-lasting disease (for example, in acute leukemia and chronic leukemia).
View full size image. Thomas Edison is usually credited with the invention of the light bulb, but the famous American inventor wasn't the only one who contributed to the development of this revolutionary technology.
Share to: An electrical filament is a thread of metal, usually tungsten, which is used to convert electricity into light in incandescent light bulbs (as developed in 1874 by Alexander L â¦ odygin and in 1878 by Joseph Wilson Swan, among others), and into heat in vacuum tube devices.ach stamen has 2 parts the stalk, called the filament and the pollen producing organ called the anther. The Filament is the stalk of the anthers.